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List:       r-sig-mac
Subject:    Re: [R-SIG-Mac] installing multiple versions of R
From:       Steve Lianoglou <mailinglist.honeypot () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-12-01 20:07:14
Message-ID: FD4D567E-C22B-45BE-BB74-FCEAA5F70138 () gmail ! com
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Howdy,

On Dec 1, 2008, at 2:45 PM, Steven McKinney wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
>
> When you are attempting to install the second
> version of R, have you been doing the following step?
> (This is on the "Read Me" second window of the
> Mac installer dialog.)
>
> Note: By default the installer upgrades previous
> R version if present. If you want to keep your
> old R version, remove R-Framework.pkg from
> /Library/Receipts before proceeding.
>
> So if you install R-2.8 using R-2.8.0.dmg,
> then before you install R-2.7.2 using
> R-2.7.2.dmg, navigate to /Library/Receipts
> in Finder and drag R-Framework.pkg to the trash.


Aha! Sorry, Stephen: I totally never noticed that little warning when  
I installed R2.8 as I installed the 64bit Leopard version via the  
"curl -s http://..." business as described here:

http://r.research.att.com/

I can see how that warning would be easy to miss. Thanks for setting  
us straight, Steven.

Hmm ... a thread between Steven, Stephen, and Steve. I think we've  
covered all of the bases right there.

-steve

--
Steve Lianoglou
Graduate Student: Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

http://cbio.mskcc.org/~lianos

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